Nestled in the northern portion of Middle Tennessee, this rural county has a current population just over 7000 scattered over its beautiful hills and lush valleys. Farming, largely tobacco, was the economic base that formed this county, and it is still prevalent today. Many area families came to this fertile land from Virginia and North Carolina when their tobacco-growing families could not subdivide their lands any further. Tennessee was a new state looking for settlers, and this area of the Highland Rim was an ideal location to build a homestead. The county seat is located in Hartsville, and other communities include Barthelia, Beech Grove, Cato, Gravel Hill, Halltown, Kings (Beasley’s Bend), Providence, Puryears Bend, Shady Grove, Templow, Walnut Grove, and Willard.
Hartsville, the seat of justice and the county’s only town, began in 1797 as Donoho’s Mill. Charles and Sarah (Brooks) Donoho, and James and Sarah (Hamilton) Hart, and their children, were among the settlers at this place in 1797, the Donoho’s on the east side of West Fork of Goose Creek, the Hart on the west side on the same stream. The Donoho’s operated the mill, and nearby on the Cumberland River the Harts, in 1798, opened a ferry, known for well over a half a century as Hart’s Ferry. In 1800, Charles Donoho sold his mill to James Hart. Within a few years after 1797, Harts Race Track, for racing became noted. This, plus the opening of the post office in 1807, along with Andrew Allison’s and George Blacks store, put Hartsville on the map indefinitely. In 1817, the State Legislature officially declared Hartsville an ‘established’ Tennessee town.
Our firm has handled personal injury victims in Trousdale County for many years. Roland Mumford grew up in Mt. Juliet as a child near Trousdale County and has fond memories of the county. Our firm has represented numerous automobile accidents, slip and falls, workers compensation claims, trucking accidents, nursing home abuse, and medical malpractice actions in Trousdale County. If you know anybody that has been in a car crash or suffered a personal injury in Trousdale County, please have them call our office.
A copy of the Tennessee Department of Safety’s crash statistics can be reviewed here.
From 2006 to 2010, Trousdale County had the following crash rankings:
- Overall Crash Rate: 11th
- Fatal Crash Rate: 3rd
- Injury Crash Rate: 28th
- Motorcycle Crash Rate: 20th
- Alcohol-Impaired Fatality Rate: 73rd
- Alcohol-Impaired Crash Rate: 3rd
- Speeding Crash Rate: 37th
- Young Driver (Ages 15-24) Crash Rate: 16th
- Senior Driver (Ages 65+) Crash Rate: 26th
Trousdale County is located within the 15th Judicial District. The following individuals preside over civil cases in the 15th Judicial District:
The 15th Judicial District has established Local Rules which govern the day to day operations of the court. A copy of the Local Rules can be reviewed here.
Click on the following links to learn more about Wilson County and its communities:
Hartsville: http://www.hartsvilletrousdale.com/
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